Sue Epstein

Not a lot has changed since you last had this after-school classic. It's still easy. It's still quick. And it's still gosh darned comforting as heck.

Bagels--true, chewy, malty bagels--aren't just a New York thing. They're easy to make at home and better than bagels you can buy from the freezer section.

Eggs in purgatory--or eggs simmered in tomato sauce--is a simple breakfast or supper. Serve the purgatory eggs over toasted bread rubbed with garlic.

And, on the eighth day, there was gianduia (zhahn-doo-yah). Namely, hazelnuts harmoniously cozying up to chocolate. Aka Nutella. And the world has been a more glorious place ever since.

Pan fried fish has never been as easy or as enticing as these perfectly cooked fillets with crisp skin. Easy and on the table in minutes.

One taste and you'll forget all about that butter and brown sugar trick your mom taught you long ago. Promise.

Commercial tartar sauce tends to be crammed full of sugar and corn syrup and preservatives. Not this little homemade lovely.

You’re going to want to drizzle, douse, and dribble this fragrant homemade vanilla syrup over and into and onto just about everything.

As its name implies, this simple roast hen ridiculously easy and turns out a superlative bird with shatteringly crisp skin and surprisingly juicy meat. No surprise that it's the same technique that Thomas Keller uses.

This bourbon-imbued after-dinner drink, a variation on classic Irish coffee, is guaranteed to make everything alright. Or at least seem it in the moment.

We like to think of cheese blintzes as the original breakfast burritos, though truth be told we like them just as well for dessert.

These simple yet stylish chicken wings are served in all the chic tapas bars in Andalusia. Our kinda tapas.

"Magical." "An 11 out of 10.” "The finest peach cobbler that I have ever, or will ever, eat." "WOW!" That's what folks are saying about this crazy easy peach cobbler.

Sweet tea. Whiskey. Lemon juice. That's all it takes to make a sassy summertime cocktail you'll want to sip all afternoon long.

Pucker up, cuz you're going to want to sip the bejeebers out of this ridiculously easy, sweetly tart lemonade. Wowza.

A better way to start your day. Uh, we mean, end your day. That's what we meant. Yes. End it. Ahem.

These lovely latkes are crisp without, creamy within, and sweet throughout. Entirely appropriate for Hanukkah as well as a random Tuesday night...

We love ice cream, but sometimes it's too darn hot and humid for anything sweet and sticky. Enter the lemon ice, a bracingly crisp and tart refresher. The best part—no ice cream maker required!

This recipe for thin, crisp matzoh couldn't be simpler and, natch, tastes incomparable to the stuff you buy in a box.

The customary morning-after equivalent of a Bloody Mary in Mexico—except this is lighter, less tomato-y, and all around lovelier.